Here it is..official PNAC request for the DRAFT.

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http://www.newamericancentury.org/defense-20050128.htm
Dated January 28, 2005.
Make no mistake, this PNAC letter is requesting congress
to authorize an active draft of our young people for military
service.
Excerpt:
"So we write to ask you and your colleagues in
the legislative branch to take the steps necessary
to increase substantially the size of the active
duty Army and Marine Corps. While estimates
vary about just how large an increase is required,
and Congress will make its own determination as
to size and structure, it is our judgment that we
should aim for an increase in the active duty
Army and Marine Corps, together, of at least
25,000 troops each year over the next several
years.

There is abundant evidence that the demands of
the ongoing missions in the greater Middle East,
along with our continuing defense and alliance
commitments elsewhere in the world, are close
to exhausting current U.S. ground forces. For
example, just late last month, Lieutenant General
James Helmly, chief of the Army Reserve,
reported that "overuse" in Iraq and Afghanistan
could be leading to a "broken force." Yet after
almost two years in Iraq and almost three years in
Afghanistan, it should be evident that our
engagement in the greater Middle East is truly, in
Condoleezza Rice's term, a "generational
commitment." The only way to fulfill the military
aspect of this commitment is by increasing the
size of the force available to our civilian
leadership.

The administration has been reluctant to adapt
to this new reality. We understand the dangers of
continued federal deficits, and the fiscal
difficulty of increasing the number of troops. But
the defense of the United States is the first priority
of the government. This nation can afford a
robust defense posture along with a strong fiscal
posture. And we can afford both the necessary
number of ground troops and what is needed for
transformation of the military."

Now tell me what you think the implications are.
BHN